Total Crime Rate

103.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

23.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 23.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.9 5/10
  • Burglary 14.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 14.2 6/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Other crime 4.7 7/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Silksworth Terrace area has the 12th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Doxford , and the 283rd highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Silksworth Terrace (SR3 2AX) in the last 12 months was 103.8 per 1,000 residents and was 78.2% higher than the Doxford average (58.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 23.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Silksworth Terrace (SR3 2AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tunstall View, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Comet Square (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Silksworth Terrace area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tunstall View Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vane Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Minehead Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Minehead Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Londonderry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Seaham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mary Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Maria Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Blind Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cornelia Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Comet Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tunstall View Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Britannia Road —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Britannia Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tunstall View Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tunstall View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tunstall View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tunstall View Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Tunstall View Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Tunstall View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Cambridge Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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